21st Century Learning #96: Social Media in Education with Richard Kassissieh

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21st Century Learning #96
Social Networks and Media in Schools with Richard Kassissieh
February 26, 2009

Interested in Social Networks and Social Media?  How are they effecting schools?  How do we start to explore social media and networking in schools?  What are great examples of using social media inside and outside the classroom?

This and more in this conversation with Richard Kassissieh. 

--Click here for the chat transcript--

2009-02-26 13:06:04  alex.ragone ->  Everyone hearing us alright?
2009-02-26 13:06:10  courosa ->  want me to tweet this out?
2009-02-26 13:07:41  courosa ->  ustream link?
2009-02-26 13:07:52  VinnieVrotny ->  Alec that would be great
2009-02-26 13:09:15  VinnieVrotny ->  Jason Ramsdom's live blog from NAIS - http://www.jasonramsden.com/home/index.php/liveblogs
2009-02-26 13:09:46  VinnieVrotny ->  Sarah Hanawald's live blog from NAIS - http://gdsmstech.blogspot.com/
2009-02-26 13:10:02  VinnieVrotny ->  NAIS = National Association of Independent Schools
2009-02-26 13:10:23 [Action] ernestkoe ->  waves
2009-02-26 13:10:53  alex.ragone ->  Social Networks -- Networks build around people. 
2009-02-26 13:10:57  alex.ragone ->  Hey Ernest!
2009-02-26 13:11:00  VinnieVrotny ->  I am currently at Illinois Computer Educators conference in St. Charles, IL
2009-02-26 13:11:05  VinnieVrotny ->  Hey Ernest
2009-02-26 13:11:07  alex.ragone ->  Great to have you here.
2009-02-26 13:11:10  ernestkoe ->  'sup guys
2009-02-26 13:11:14  courosa ->  Object-centered sociality ... social networks form around media.
2009-02-26 13:11:20 [Action] ernestkoe ->  is lurking
2009-02-26 13:12:04  alex.ragone ->  Hi Folks. Thanks for coming out.
2009-02-26 13:12:22  alex.ragone ->  Richard is speaking about how relevant social media can be in education.
2009-02-26 13:12:29  alex.ragone ->  Via critiques. 
2009-02-26 13:16:49  VinnieVrotny ->  my blog post on rethinking admissions http://vvrotny.org/2008/09/12/rethinking-our-admissions-processes/
2009-02-26 13:19:00  Mags ->  hm
2009-02-26 13:19:20  VinnieVrotny ->  Hi @djakes
2009-02-26 13:20:30  alex.ragone ->  Focus on School Environment.  School branding, attracting students, and helping with advancement.
2009-02-26 13:20:44  alex.ragone ->  http://www.whipplehill.com -- Travis Warren.
2009-02-26 13:21:10  alex.ragone ->  http://www.proctoracademy.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1
2009-02-26 13:21:44  alex.ragone ->  This is one of the best education sites I've every seen -- Check out Chuck's Corner: http://www.proctoracademy.org/chucks_corner/
2009-02-26 13:24:27  alex.ragone ->  Questions on Social Media?
2009-02-26 13:24:40  alex.ragone ->  How are you using social media at your school?
2009-02-26 13:26:00  kassissieh ->  http://drupal.org/project/pingfm
2009-02-26 13:26:51  minhaaj ->  lost voice
2009-02-26 13:27:51  alex.ragone ->  just fixed it. Quick blip.
2009-02-26 13:27:59  minhaaj ->  yep good now.
2009-02-26 13:29:57  alex.ragone ->  Hi Blanche.
2009-02-26 13:30:07  Blanche ->  HI
2009-02-26 13:30:13  Blanche ->  My first time here
2009-02-26 13:30:27  alex.ragone ->  THanks for coming.  Audio is on the right via uStream.
2009-02-26 13:31:07  Blanche ->  thanks!
2009-02-26 13:32:07  Blanche ->  I'm listening to EdTech talk A: is it what I should be listening to?
2009-02-26 13:32:10  alex.ragone ->  How do you assess the use of social media and how it benefits your school?
2009-02-26 13:32:17  alex.ragone ->  That or the uStream channel.
2009-02-26 13:32:29  alex.ragone ->  Are you getting audio, Blanche?
2009-02-26 13:32:36  Blanche ->  yes
2009-02-26 13:32:41  alex.ragone ->  Great.
2009-02-26 13:32:45  Blanche ->  :)
2009-02-26 13:34:05  alex.ragone ->  Bye Hello:-D
2009-02-26 13:34:08  alex.ragone ->  ;D
2009-02-26 13:34:12  alex.ragone ->  Hey Bill.
2009-02-26 13:34:19  bfitzgerald ->  hola!
2009-02-26 13:34:54  alex.ragone ->  Good to have you out here. 
2009-02-26 13:35:05  alex.ragone ->  Been thinking about you lots lately.
2009-02-26 13:35:23  alex.ragone ->  Didn't mean to make that sound sketchy;-)
2009-02-26 13:35:30  bfitzgerald ->  Thanks!
2009-02-26 13:35:31  bfitzgerald ->  lol
2009-02-26 13:35:53  bfitzgerald ->  I think there's a youtube video about that ;)
2009-02-26 13:36:53  bfitzgerald ->  How are folks reconciling the tension b/w the needs of marketing/development and the true strength of unfiltered communication in the social web?
2009-02-26 13:37:26  alex.ragone ->  http://www.proctoracademy.org/chucks_corner/
2009-02-26 13:37:44  ernestkoe ->  are they different?
2009-02-26 13:38:22  ernestkoe ->  the higgest challenge that social media brings to schools is the work to bridge this difference
2009-02-26 13:39:25  ernestkoe ->  yes, the Old Marketing term for this is "trust relationship selling"
2009-02-26 13:40:37  alex.ragone ->  http://wamash.com
2009-02-26 13:40:47  bfitzgerald ->  FYI: just saw this via drupal.org: http://drupal.org/project/twittergator
2009-02-26 13:41:07  bfitzgerald ->  A useful tool for bringing twitter voices into a web site
2009-02-26 13:41:34  ernestkoe ->  #edsocialmedia
2009-02-26 13:42:35  lj ->  how do I create a fillable pdf
2009-02-26 13:42:49  alex.ragone ->  That's Bill.
2009-02-26 13:44:06  alex.ragone ->  Thanks everyone!
2009-02-26 13:44:22  kassissieh ->  Bill, I wonder whether you can configure it to search by tag.
2009-02-26 13:44:45  alex.ragone ->  @kassissieh -- you can use search.twitter.com to do that and use an rss feed to aggregate.
2009-02-26 13:45:14  arvind ->  sorry I missed the show, all
2009-02-26 13:45:17  arvind ->  thanks for being here!
2009-02-26 13:47:11  arvind ->  see ya next time!
2009-02-26 13:48:53  kassissieh ->  @aragone Yes, then you could aggregate Twitter posts without a plugin.